McCarney
I try to make a habit of making it to Dan McCarney’s show on Monday nights during bye weeks for one very important reason: There is no press conference during bye weeks.
Therefore if there is any big news to report, it comes out then.
McCarney was nice enough to have me on for a segment, which allowed me to get a couple of key questions in.
First off, there are no key injuries (ones that are going to keep guys out) that we don’t already know about.
I also got the obvious question in about UNT’s quarterback situation.
Andrew McNulty heads into the bye week as UNT’s starter. That was no big surprise.
McNulty and Dajon Williams will compete during the bye week. Again, no surprise.
What is a bit of a change is that McCarney said he we will likely see both McNulty and Williams in UNT’s game against Florida Atlantic in two weeks. That one did surprise me a little bit.
When we see Williams will depend on the way the game unfolds.
That leaves a whole lot of room for interpretation and it certainly cranks up the pressure on McNulty. That’s part of the deal as a quarterback, but one has to wonder about anyone’s confidence at this point, especially McNulty.
Outside of that news tidbit, there were some other overall state of the program comments. UNT wants to finish strong and have something positive for its graduating seniors to remember. McCarney doesn’t sense anyone giving up.
McCarney also took time out to congratulate UNT’s soccer team and its coach John Hedlund. He’s terrific about things like that. There are a lot of college football coaches who don’t have a clue what is going on outside of their little world, and understandably so.
McCarney knows what’s going on, is a terrific cheerleader for the rest of the department and took time to acknowledge UNT’s soccer team and Hedlund, who has never had a losing season and has been to three NCAA tournaments.
Classy move.